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Messi hails Barcelona team-mates after European Golden Shoe triumph

24 November 2017 19:13

Lionel Messi paid tribute to his Barcelona team-mates after collecting a fourth European Golden Shoe award.

The Argentina star scored 37 LaLiga goals last season to clinch the honour and move level with Cristiano Ronaldo as a four-time winner, having previously topped Europe's scoring charts in 2010, 2012 and 2013.

But Messi was quick to point out he could not have found the net on such an outstandingly consistent basis without the help of his fellow players at Camp Nou.

"I've always said the individual prizes are won by the team," he said. "If the team is doing well then we have the fortune to be able to pick up these awards.

"It is true that this prize belongs to everybody. Without them I wouldn't have scored all the goals I did last season. It is for the whole group."